Gardening 2018

[cats4ever]

I never had really luck with mail order plants. The only one that's ever worked out is an Egyptian walking onion.
It will grow a small bunch of onions on top of the stem, then, the stem will kink, so that the little onions will touch the ground and then grow a new plant, hence the name.
The onions have a pretty harsh flavor, but it's a neat plant, and I had it for about 10 years now.

[Karen]

We are cleaning up and renewing the gardens at my church. Someone donated three bag full of nice astilbe plants yesterday afternoon, but is handicapped and could not plant them herself. I had such a busy day, I ended up plating them after dark - even on one of the longest days of the year!

[cats4ever]

I love astilbes with their beautiful feathery blooms. Do you have some pictures? They are probably not in bloom right now.

[cats4ever]

Today, we found a shed snake skin. It's a about 3 feet long, so the snake should be a bit bigger.
I'm glad to have snakes in the garden. They are safe with me, and help with vermin in the garden.
Everybody at work will kill snakes as soon as they see them, and brag about it.. Peoples' ignorance makes me incredibly sad!

[Karen]

They are not blossoming yet - one of them died in the heat wave, but the others looks like they will live. When they blossom I will take pictures.